Monarch Media

National Geographic Slingshot Challenge

Monarchs Matter receives the $10,000 Slingshot Challenge Top Honors Award for protecting the monarch butterfly through environmental storytelling.

Shane McConkey EcoChallenge Winners

Monarchs Matter wins third in the Extreme category of the Shane McConkey Foundation EcoChallenge, receiving $2,000 in funding.

Introducing Bow Seat's 2025 Future Blue Youth Council

Bow Seat welcomes Cynthia Zhang as one of 14 youth leaders of the 2025 Future Blue Youth Council who work together to empower their peers to advocate for our blue planet.

Long Island Press & Slingshot Challenge

Great Neck teen honored as global leader in environmental activism in National Geographic competition​

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Bow Seat Alumni Spotlight Series

Highlights Cynthia Zhang's journey of "Art, Advocacy, and Vision" with Bow Seat, a testament to the power of youth-driven environmental advocacy

Kim Keiserman Facebook Post

New York State Senate candidate and Baxter's Pond Foundation President Kim Keiserman praises the success of Monarchs Matter's RTR Summer Program

Long Island Press
(The Island 360)

Town of Glen Cove celebrates youth community garden and Monarch Waystation funded by Monarchs Matter

PR Newswire & Slingshot Challenge

Young Innovators Tackling Conservation Issues: Announcing the 2025 Global Slingshot Challenge Award Recipients

Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs News

Monarchs Matter: Metamorphosing Monarch Butterflies, Our Youth, and the World

EarthEcho International News

Monarchs Matter congratulated as a 2024 USA OurEcho Challenge Winner and the People's Choice Awards Winner

Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs News

Cynthia Zhang named Gold Award Winner of Global Environmental Arts Contest for short film "Rewild Your Yard, Revive Our Future"

George H.W. Bush Point of Light Award

Cynthia Zhang is named a Daily Point of Light Award Honoree with her feature story, New York Teen Leads Global Movement to Protect Monarch Butterflies, shared on the website.

CEC International Monarch Monitoring Blitz

The Commission for Environmental Cooperation celebrates Monarchs Matter's  community science efforts contributing to a total of 85,000 Monarch Blitz observations.

NYU Climate Change Film Festival

Featuring passionate youth organizers, NYU filmmakers explore how ReWild is healing our backyards and fostering a vital reconnection between communities and the natural world.

East End Beacon Environment News

Some Comforts in Southold for Weary Butterflies by monarch waystations funded by Monarchs Matter

EarthEcho International News

Celebrating the Changemakers: EarthEcho Youth Leaders Shine with Awards and Accolades

The Suffolk Times Environment News

Downs Farm Preserve in Cutchogue and Custer Preserve in Southold add monarch waystations funded by Monarchs Matter

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Lakeville Estates Civic Association 

The Lakeville Estates community and Civic Association for New Hyde Park share and applaud Cynthia Zhang's National Geographic accomplishment on Facebook.

EarthEcho International News

Youth Share Why Monarchs Matter through RTR Summer Program personal testimonials

Long Island Press
(Great Neck Record)

Youth Environmentalist Wins $4,500 to Implement Local Solutions to the Monarch Butterfly Decline

Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Programs News

Bow Seat and the Future Blue Youth Council announce Monarchs Matter as a Fellowship Grant winner

The World of 8 Billion Challenge

Cynthia Zhang ranked 6th in 2022-23 World of 8 Billion Climate Change Contest for short film "One Degree and the Loss of Biodiversity"